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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If one walked blindly into death without fear for themselves or others then yes it would effect how it works.
Anyone who has a family knows how ones instincts are to protect it, and as such it means nothing.
Call it terror, fear, or just concern, this is not something you ignore until it goes away.
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Agreed....but there is a level of fear that is counter productive, such as we see in the "War on Terror", the threat does not seem to justify the reaction. Mind you, I in no way mean to minimize the pain inflicted on our country by 9/11, as this was a truly terrorizing event, but in my opinion we have become focused on increasing the fear in our population to improve the taste of security measures. The creation of this enormous government entity we call the Dept. of Homeland Security is a prime example, as it seems (from what I have seen) to be disfunctional for the most part, and has completely failed to address massive security issues ie: Borders/Ports/chemical and nuclear plants/disaster preperation.
If we, as a people intend to face this threat to our way of life...we will need to get over the collective fear instilled in us by the enemy, otherwise the enemy is ourselves, and we willl continue to fight the symptoms of this, rather than the cause.
Just My Opinion.